noun
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the dark image made by a body intercepting the light rays; a shadow.
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a person or thing very much like another; a copy; an image.
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an impression or effect produced, on another's or others mind, by one's influence, manner, etc.
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the comparative brightness or darkness (esp. in photography, painting).
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something that indicates; a sign; an indication.
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(gen.) the property of reflecting light of a particular wavelength: a colour.
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(myth.) one of the two wives of the Sun-God.